Improvement in bottle-wrappers



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No. 217,559. Patented 1u|'y'15',1s79.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEroE.

ISAAC SWOPE, OF SI. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

IM PROVEM ENT IN BlOTTLE-WRAPPERS` Specification forming part of LettersPatent No. 217,559, dated July 15, 1879; application filed October 12,1878.'

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ISAAC SWOPE, ot' the city of St. Louis and State ofMissouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCorrugated Elastic Felt Packing for Glass or other lVares; and I dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, which will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompan ying drawings, an d to the letters of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this specification..

My invention relates to wrappers used for packing bottles and similararticles 5 and consists in formingt-he wrapper of felt having corrugatedbelts formed thereon some distance apart, leaving the remainder of thewrapper plain and uncorrugated; and, further, the wrapper of the bottleis made so as to surround the body of the bottle, but not the neck, sothat in packing bottles in a suitable case two tiers ot' bottles may beplaced one above the other, the bottles in the upper tier beinginverted, so that their necks proj ectdown between the bottles in thelower tier, and the wrappers in the uppertier rest on the tops of thewrappers in the lower tier.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l represents a bottle with myimproved wrapper. Figs. 2 and 3 show, in side view and section, thecorrugated felt of which the wrapper is formed. Fig. 4 represents, invertical section, a packing-case with two tiers of bottlewrappers inposition when packed, the bottles being indicated by dotted lilies.

A designates the bottle, and B the packingwrapper, the latter beingformed of a piece ot felt with its edges D fastened together so as totit the body of the bottle which it covers, as shown. C indicates theraised belts on the wrapper, formed by corrugatin g the felt, thesebelts being located a suitable distance apart, leaving the remainder ofthe wrapper plain and uncorrugated. These raised belts on differentwrappers, when the bottles are packed, come opposite and against eachother, and

serve to hold the bottles a little way apart, while the remainder of thewrapper is left plain, and, fitting the bottle closely, is moreconvenient for handling during packing or unpacking the bottles, andholds more firmly to the bottle.

The wrapper B is long enough to cover the body of the bottle, but notthe neck, so that when the bottles are packed in two tiers in apacking-case, one tier above the other, with the necks of the upperbottles extending down between the bottles in the lower tier, thewrappers in the upper tier rest on the tops ot' the wrappers in thelower tier, as shown in Fig. 4, and thus the bottles are held securelyin position in the case.

I am aware that corrugated paper wrappers for bottles, the corrugationsextending the length ofthe wrapper, have been niade and are shown insome patents, and I do not claim,

broadly, a corrugated wrapper; but such wrappers as those last mentioneddo not well answer the purpose intended without some additionalappliance. The whole wrapper being corrugated, it becomes very loose onthe bottle, and does not well retain its shape, while my improvedwrapper sits closely on the bottle, making the whole more convenient forhandling, and serving to keep the corrugated belts in shape.

Bottle-packing devices having raised belts are also shown in EnglishPatent No. 2,599 of the year 1860, differing-however, in construcl tionfrom mine. (See Fig. 5 in said patent.)

Therefore I claimv A bottle-wrapper of felt having one or morecorrugated belts raised from its surface, the remainder of the wrapperbeing uncorrugated, as herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own invention I afx mysignature in presence of two Witnesses.

ISAAC SWOPE.

Witnesses:

S. E. VAN ALEN, W. L. B. G. ALLEN.

